This tutorial is of my own creation and any resemblance to any other tuts is purely coincidental. This tutorial is for personal use only, using it for monetary gain is against our TOU's

Supplies:

Gimp or program of choice

PTU kit Woodland Harmony from A Taggers Scrap

Tube of choice. I am using the art of Edward Reed. You must have a license to use these tubes. You can purchase his tubes at Indie-Zine

Mask 84 from weescotslass

Font- Aliquam

-File>New 600x600 px.

-Open frame 4. Layer>Scale Layer 65%. Place in center of canvas. Select the magic wand and click inside of the frame. Select>Grow 2. Open paper 6 and move below the frame layer in the layer box. Layer>Transparency>Add Alpha Channel. Scale 65%. Select>Invert. Press delete on your keyboard. Select>None. Filters>Light & Shadow>Drop Shadow 2, 2, 2, black, 50.

-Open tube. Make the top layer. Scale 85%. Place toward the right side of frame. Repeat drop shadow. Layer>Duplicate Layer. Filters>Blur>Gaussian Blur on default settings. Change the mode to grain merge and lower the opacity to 40.

-Open grass. Move this layer below the tube layer. Scale 75%. Place at the bottom of tag.

-Open frame 3. Make the bottom layer. Scale 75%. Place in the center of tag. Add drop shadow of 2, 2, 5, black, 30.

-Open frame. Make the bottom layer. Scale 65%. Place to the right side of tag. Repeat drop shadow.

-Open frame 11. Move frame below tube layer. Scale 55%. Select the rotate tool and click canvas. In the angle box put -15. Using the magic wand, click in the top part of frame. Grow 1. Open paper 9 and move paper layer below frame layer. Add alpha channel. Invert & delete. Open tube. Place tube in the selection. Delete. Select none. Change the mode to screen. Repeat for the bottom part of frame, only using paper 1 and change the tube mode to overlay. Make the frame active. Add drop shadow of 2, 2, 5, black, 50.

other elements:

fungi

flower 1

berries

flower 4

flower 5

owl

mushrooms 2

butterfly

glass pebbles

bird

sparkles

-Open paper 4. Make the bottom layer. Apply mask. Click HERE to learn how to use masks in gimp.

-Add your name and copyright and you're done!